US 12,037,401 B2
Anti-TrkB monoclonal antibodies and methods of use
Susan Croll, Putnam Valley, NY (US); Min Gao, Montvale, NJ (US); and Ying Hu, Scarsdale, NY (US)
Assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US)
Filed by REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Tarrytown, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,749.
Application 17/342,749 is a division of application No. 16/202,881, filed on Nov. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,066,474.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,657, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411515 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. C07K 16/28 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61P 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC C07K 16/2863 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61P 25/00 (2018.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/21 (2013.01); C07K 2317/56 (2013.01); C07K 2317/565 (2013.01); C07K 2317/75 (2013.01); C07K 2317/76 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01); C07K 2317/94 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
 
1. A method of treating a disease or disorder associated with TrkB activity or expression, or for ameliorating at least one symptom associated with the disease or disorder associated with TrkB activity or expression which is characterized by nerve cell injury or nerve cell degeneration in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds specifically to tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB), wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises a set of six complementarity determining regions (HCDR1-HCDR2-HCDR3-LCDR1-LCDR2-LCDR3) comprising an HCDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, an HCDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6, an HCDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8, an LCDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:12, an LCDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:14, and an LCDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:16 to the subject.